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I’m sorry but I find TVYNS to be superior than the original version.
1.)I seen it on the big screen. (I never saw the original version in theaters)
2.) I liked that added spider walk scene
3.) Being a fan of EIII:Legion, I especially liked the extended ending with Kinderman and Dyer.
PS Jaws 2 rocked !!!
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Everyone here will probably throw crosses at me for what I’m about to say.
I think The Begining was superior to Dominion.
Dominion was a well thought out film with a decent story, good characters and and a superior heart wrenching opening with the Nazis.
However as much as I wanted this movie to be better than “The Beginning” (because it would have proved that studio execs at Morgan Crrek were idiots), it wasn’t a better film so I am forced to say that Morgan Creek made the right choice.
But to be fair, Paul Shrader didn’t get the chance to finish the movie and Dominion is more or less a rough cut.
One of my biggest gripes about Dominion was it didn’t feel like an Exorcist movie. The exorism and the possesion was too subtle. They got the Demon all wrong and it didn’t feel like the same Demon from the Exorcist. The Demon had red eyes (instead of yellow eyes like on the Exorcist and EIII:Legion) and the voice and personality of the Demon was not same as in the original Exorcist.
BTW What’s up with that cheesy CGI snake ? They were filming in Africa. They couldn’t find a real snake to slither in front of the camera ?
As for “The Beginning”, it was a decent flick and I enjoyed it overall. It wasn’t as good as EIII but I thought it was way better than EII:TH.
Renny Harlin is a strange choice for directing an Exorcist movie. He’s a great action and adventure director (Cliffhanger, Deep Blue Sea and Die Hard), but as for suspence and horror, I would have seeked out a different director.
As for the casting, Stellen Skarsgard did an excellent job in both versions as father Merrin. I only wished they ended that final scene with Tubiler Bells as the end credits rolled.
“I’d always thought American kids could have gotten their Halloween costumes in early October. At least these days, costumes and things for any number of Holidays are put out for sales weeks or months in advance. I used to toil at Target and we had Halloween costumes eons before the big day.”
Perhaps but these kids were obviously shown going from one door to the next with bags of candy.
